Smilax officinalis, H. B. K. (probably), (the brown Sarsaparilla from Jamaica, St. Domingo, etc.). Natural order , Smilaceae. Preparation , Triturations of the dried root. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 7 , from Hahnemann, Chr. Krn.). [Dr. C. Wesselhoeft's translation, as found in Hering's Materia Medica, is adopted, with trifling corrections.] 1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Hartmann; 3 , Hermain; 4 , Teuthorn; 5 , Brunner; 6 , Nenning; 7 , Schreter ( 8 to 10 a , additions by Hering, l. c.); 8 , Hancock; 9 , Krahmer; 10 , Pehrson; 10 a , C. Hering; 11 , Palotta, Pharmacologische Tabellen von Schwarze, p. 335 (from Beauvais, Effets Tox. et Pathogén., Paris, 1845), proving on self, with "Parillin," [Smilacin, Pariglin or Parillin, a crystallizable active principle from Sarsaparilla, C 16 H 30 O 6 (Poggiale); proved by Palotta, and first published in Schweigg Journ., 1825, XLIV, 117. Smilaspercic acid is quite different, is obtained from Hemidesmus indicus, and was experimented with by Garden , Lond. Gaz., xx, 800. -T. F. A.], took doses of 2, 6, 8, 10, and 13 grains; 12 , Berridge, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1872, p. 101, Dr. Croker took repeated doses of tincture; 13 , Dr. H. C. Allen, Am. Obs., 1874, p. 234, effects of teaspoonful doses of "Bristol's Sarsaparilla," in four children; 14 , Berridge, Am. Obs., 1875, p. 305, Dr. Theobold took 10 drops of tincture; 15 , same, Miss ---, took tincture, repeated doses of 10 to 40 drops for six days; 16 , same, self, took 1600th dil, (Jenichen), 1 to 3 times a day for ten days; 17 , same, "The Organon," 1, 107, a lady took one dose of C. M. (Fincke); 18 and 19 , omitted; 20 , Cox, in narrative of residence on the Columbia River, general effects (Dubl. J. of Med. and Chem., 1835, 6, 149); 21 , Ashburne, Lond. Med. Gaz., 12, 350 (1853), effects of Smilax aspera; 22 , same, Dr. Belinoye, effects of common Sarsaparilla.